Thursday, April 21, 2011

The Light

John writes that John the Baptist came to bear witness of the Light. The Light is Jesus. It is through Jesus that we have the faith to believe (John 1:7; Hebrews 12:2). God has given us faith as a gift (Ephesians 2:8). We do not earn it. We do not figure these things out on our own, separate from God’s intervention (Romans 3:10-18). God has chosen to reveal himself to us (1 Peter 1:3-5).

Knowing this brings great assurance in the fact that we belong to God. We would have no interest in God unless God himself placed it in us. How marvelous that we are saved by his grace and not because we understand everything perfectly.